Netherlands’ T20 World Cup squad: Injuries force two changes

Due to injuries, Klassen and Doram are replaced by Klein and Zulfiqar in the Netherlands' T20 World Cup team.

Netherlands made a couple of changes to their squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup

Netherlands has dealt a massive blow ahead of the 2024 T20 World Cup. Their star players Fred Klaassen and Daniel Doram have been ruled out of the T20 World Cup due to injuries. The Dutch are playing Scotland and Ireland in a tri-series to prepare for the marquee event.

The changes

Kyle Klein and Saqib Zulfiqar will replace the injured Klaassen and Doram. Notably, Klein was initially named as a traveling reserve for the T20 World Cup. Klein has played only one T20I and two ODIs so far. On the other hand, Zulfiqar has played six T20Is and 15 ODIs so far. He has nine wickets at 6.46.On the other hand, Saqib is returning to T20I cricket after almost five years since he last played the format in August 2019. Despite the T20I break, he has been active in the ODI event and has been included in the 2023 Netherlands squad. cricket World Cup.The 27-year-old brings valuable experience and variety to the Dutch bowling attack, having played 21 matches for the NetherlandsScott Edwards captained the Netherlands as the team entered the 2022 T20 World Cup. He was also named as the captain of the latest version. The global event starts on June 2nd. Netherlands is drawn in Group D of the T20 World Cup along with Bangladesh, Nepal, South Africa, and Sri Lanka, starting with the 4th match against Nepal in June in Dallas.

Netherlands’ T20 World Cup squad: Injuries force two roaster changes

The Netherlands has impressed many at the 2023 World Cup

The Men in Orange will play two warm-up games against Sri Lanka and Canada before the tournament opener against Nepal. Talking about the recent ICC event in the Netherlands, they performed as part of the ODI World Cup 2023 held in India and impressed the world with their performance. They handed the giants South Africa a defeat and beat Bangladesh later in the tournament.

Netherlands T20 World Cup squad: Aryan Dutt, Bas de Leede, Kyle Klein, Logan van Beek, Max O’Dowd, Michael Levitt, Paul van Meekeren, Saqib Zulfiqar, Scott Edwards, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Teja Nidamanuru, Tim Pringle, Vikram Singh, Viv Kingma, Wesley Barresi.

Netherlands are currently gearing up for the T20 World Cup with the ongoing T20I tri-series at home against Scotland and Ireland.